Author: Ahmed Marsha

International Friendly Match Result (9th June 2015):

Uganda 1-1 Gambia

Scorers: Robert Sentongo (61st Minute), Omar Jagne (73rd Minute)

Uganda Cranes warmed up for the upcoming AFCON 2017 qualifier against Botswana Zebras with a one all draw against Gambia in international friendly match played on 9th June 2015 (National Heroes day).

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Uganda opened the scoring with second half substitute, Robert Sentongo, who replaced Yunus Sentamu at the start of the second half scoring the opener with a great headed effort past goal keeper, Jobe Modou in the 61st minute of the game.

Sentongo’s goal was assisted by fellow second half substitute, Brian Umony who plays for Ethiopian league champions, St George Football Club.

Omar Jagne, a substitute player for the visitors grabbed the equalizer after defender Shafik Bakaki, who had replaced Farouk Miya hesitated to clear the ball out of danger.

The international build up game was handled by Uganda’s FIFA Senior referee Denis Batte, who replaced Rajab Bakasambe who had earlier been assigned the job.
Batte was assisted by Hussein Bugembe (Assistant referee 1), Ronald Katenya (Assistant referee 2) and Ssali Mashood as the 4th official.
Mike Letti handled the international build up game as the Match Commissioner.

Uganda Replacements:

Robert Odongkara For Denis Onyango, Yasser Mugerwa For Derrick Tekkwo, Brian Umony For Yunus Sentamu, Robert Sentongo For Brian Majwega, Shafik Bakaki For Farouk Miya and Boban Zirintusa For Geofrey Massa

Unused Sub: Hassan Wasswa Mawanda

Gambia XI:

Jobe Modou (G.K), Mustapha Carayul, Barrow Modou, Sanna Nyassi, Sulayman Marreh, Mutarr Nyang, Ibou Omar Touray, Bubacarr Sannen, Koli Ousman, Dauda Ngum, Hamza Barry
Subs Used:
Christopher Allen (G.K), Pa Madou Ejagne,Assan Ceasay, Demba Sawege, Abdu Jammeh, Omar Jagne
Un-used Subs: Par Dibba, Mori Koli, Sam Meachel Jammel and Yusupha Njie

AFCON 2017 QUALIFIER:Uganda vs Botswana

Saturday 13th June, 2015

Venue: Namboole Stadium

Charges: 20,000/-, 50,000/- and 120,000/-

(Note: 120,000/– ticket comes with a free Uganda Cranes jersey, parking sticker and are sold at FUFA House and Airtel Uganda shops ONLY)

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) marketing department has added four more ticket selling points to the originally released selling points.

The four new centers are;Vee Baby Centre-Shop G.E 2, Level 3 Mini Price Arcade, Shell Lugogo By-Pass, Oryx Lugogo By-Pass (Former Enger Petrol Station) and Kings Sports Center (with three stations at Kalerwe, Kawempe Town and Bwaise selling points).

All the tickets have been distributed already to the selling points and our fans can now buy them from the authorized outlets

Said the Ag. FUFA Marketing Director Esther Musoke.

The Federation urges fans to buy tickets at the stipulated selling points.

 

The Ticket Selling outlets are;

• SHELL
  • Shell Capital (Kampala Road)
  • Shell Malindi (Kibuye)
  • Shell Bugolobi
  • Shell Kireka
• Shell Lugogo By-Pass
• TOTAL
  • City Centre (Opposite Uganda House)
  • Kireka
  • Bweyogerere
  • Kajjansi
  • Nakivubo
  • Bwaise

AIRTEL SHOPS
• Shoprite – Ben Kiwanuka Street
• Bweyogerere
• Plaza Building, Jinja Road (opposite KCB Bank)

• ORYX LUGOGO BY-PASS (Former Enger Petrol Station)

KOBIL
• Kobil Kawempe
• Kobil Kasubi
• Kobil Jinja Town
5. GAPCO:
• Ben Kiwanuka Street

CITY OIL
• Namirembe Road
• Martin Road
• Bombo Road
• Kamwokya
• Nakawa
• City Tyres 6th Street

• KINGS SPORTS CENTERS (Kalerwe, Kawempe and Bwaise)

OTHER OUTLETS:

• Hard Ware World Ntinda
• In Jinja Town- (Mrs. Makubuya)
• Mukono City Shoppers Supermarket
• BIDCO OUTLET in Kikuubo (At Nabugabo Business Center near Senana Super Market, Kikuubo Lane)
• NIC head office, Kampala
• FUFA sports shop-at FUFA House
• Boulevard Building Kampala Road -Dellar Attractions

International Friendly Match:

Uganda 1-1 Gambia

Scorers:  Robert Sentongo (61st Minute), Omar Jagne (73rd Minute)

Uganda Cranes have played to a one all draw with the visiting Gambia national team, The Scorpions at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium on Heroes day.

Uganda opened the scoring with second half substitute, Robert Sentongo, who replaced Yunus Sentamu at the start of the second half scoring the opener with a great headed effort past goal keeper, Jobe Modou in the 61st minute of the game.

Sentongo’s goal was assisted by fellow second half substitute, Brian Umony who plays for Ethiopian league champions, St George Football Club.

Omar Jagne, a substitute player for the visitors grabbed the equalizer after defender Shafik Bakaki, who had replaced Farouk Miya hesitated to clear the ball out of danger.

Uganda’s head coach, Micho used the friendly game as build up to the AFCON 2017 group D qualifier with Botswana, still at Namboole.

Meanwhile, the visitors from Gambia are preparing for their own away tie to South Africa in the same AFCON 2017 qualification campaign.

The international build up game was handled by Uganda’s FIFA Senior referee Denis Batte, who replaced Rajab Bakasambe who had earlier been assigned the job.

Batte was assisted by Hussein Bugembe (Assistant referee 1), Ronald Katenya (Assistant referee 2) and  Ssali Mashood as the 4th official.

Mike Letti handled the international build up game as the Match Commissioner

Cranes Line Up:

Uganda Cranes XI:
Denis Onyango,Denis Iguma, Alex Kakuba, Isaac Isinde, Richard Kasaga,Derrick Tekkwo, Aucho Khalid,Faruku Miya,Geofrey Massa,Yunus Sentamu,Brian Majwega

Replacements:

Robert Odongkara For Denis Onyango, Yasser Mugerwa For Derrick Tekkwo, Brian Umony For Yunus Sentamu, Robert Sentongo For Brian Majwega, Shafik Bakaki For Farouk Miya and Boban Zirintusa For Geofrey Massa

Unused Sub: Hassan Wasswa Mawanda

Gambia XI:

Jobe  Modou (G.K), Mustapha Carayul, Barrow Modou, Sanna Nyassi, Sulayman Marreh, Mutarr Nyang, Ibou Omar Touray, Bubacarr Sannen, Koli Ousman, Dauda Ngum, Hamza Barry

Subs Used:

Christopher Allen (G.K),  Pa Madou Ejagne,Assan Ceasay, Demba Sawege, Abdu Jammeh, Omar Jagne

Un-used Subs: Par Dibba, Mori Koli, Sam Meachel Jammel and Yusupha Njie

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: UGANDA VS GAMBIA

TUESDAY: 9TH JUNE, 2015

Venue: Namboole Stadium

Charges: 20,000/- (Ordinary), 50,000/-(VIP)

AFCON 2017 QUALIFIER: Uganda vs Botswana

Saturday 13th June, 2015

Venue: Namboole Stadium

Charges: 20,000/- (Ordinary), 50,000/- (VIP)  and 120,000/- (VVIP)

The Uganda National team alias the Cranes is set to have a build up match with the Gambia’s Scorpions .

The Uganda Cranes comprising of 24 players today trained at Mandela National stadium Namboole at mid day in preparations for the friendly encounter.

Later on their counterparts the scorpions had a taste of the turf also preparing for the encounter .

Gambia is a good team with many professional players based in Europe, these exposed players will give a good test for the Cranes as we prepare for Botswana on Saturday

Said Micho

The Gambian Scorpions are preparing for their AFCON 2017 qualifiers game against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on Saturday.

In a related development, Khalid Aucho, after  joining the rest of the players at Sky Hotel Naalya ,the Kenyan based Ugandan international who features for Gor Mahia vowed to fight up to the last man to see that the Uganda Cranes team wins.

Talking to www.fufa.co.ug, Aucho related playing for a national team to a war where a soldier either surrenders and enemies take over or fights to save the nation.

Being at a national team means you are representing all Ugandans , so you need to give in all because every one in Uganda is looking on to you .This time our aim is too win and qualify for AFCON 2017

Said Aucho.

The Uganda Cranes players’ list for Gambia friendly match

AFCON 2017 qualifier against Botswana :

Goalkeepers:

1/ Denis ONYANGO
2/ Robert ODONKARA
3/James ALITHO

Defenders:

4/Isaac ISINDE
5/Denis IGUMA
6/Alex KAKUBA
7/Denis OKOTH
8/Brian OCHWO
9/Richard KASSAGA
10/Shafiq BAKAKI
11/Hassan WASSWA

Midfielders:

12/Derrick TEKKWO
13/ Khalid AUCHO
14/Boban ZIRINTUSA
15/Yasser MUGERWA
16/Keziron KIZITO
17/Farouk MIYA
18/Saidi KYEYUNE
19/Wiliam LUWAGGA KIZITO
20/Godfrey WALUSIMBI
21/Brian MAJWEGA

Strikers:

22/Geoffrey MASSA
23/Robert SSENTONGO
24/Brian UMONYI
25/Yunus SENTAMU
26/John SEMAZI

Report Prepared by Hamzah ‘Africana’ Nsereko, Uganda Cranes Media Officer

2014/15 Pepsi National Beach Soccer League:

Finals: MUBS 7-5 Stormers

Third Place: Nkumba Select 5-3 Real Galaticals

Curtain Raiser: Media Team 2- 6 Gagamael Crew

Makerere University Business School (MUBS) won their second national beach soccer league title after beat Real Galaticals in the final of the 2014/15 edition held at Lido Beach, Entebbe on Sunday, 7th June 2015.

In the closing day matches which included a curtain raising match between the media and the Gagamael Crew members, two semi finals, a third place play off and an exciting final, the league season officially closed.

Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Edgar Watson was the chief guest as he watched all the 5 games at the Lido beach in Entebbe.

MUBS ended the entire season unbeaten after topping the Monsoon group in the regular season and winning all their play offs including the finals.

In the semi finals, MUBS easily defeated Nkumba Select 12-7 with Brian Nkuubi scoring 6 goals.

Sulaiman Ochero scored the other goal for the student side.
Stormers rallied from 4 goals down to win 7-4 in the other semi finals over Galaticals.

MUBS’ head coach, Charles Ayiekoh who was also voted beat tactician attributed team work for his side’s victory.

Stormers’ Mathias Kigonya finished the league’s top scorer with 38 goals and was also voted the Most Valuable player of the league.

 

In the third place play off, Nkumba Select overcame a hard fighting Real Galaticals’ outfit 5-3 in another nail biting match.

Roch Somoka, Faizal Muwawu, Douglas Muganga and two own goals from Denis Sserukawaya gave Nkumba Select, the previous season’s first runners up, the victory to finish third this year round.

Denis Sserukwaya meanwhile scored a hat-trick for his own Galaticals’ side.

Rewards:

Dalumba Richmonds beach soccer club won the fair play award.

Uganda Sand Cranes and MUBS’ goal keeper, Michael Kalule took home the pepsi golden gloves award whilst his club tactician, Charles Ayiekoh won the best coach’s accolade.

MUBS dethroned last season’s winners, Kira Young to win the overall crown for the second time in history after their 2012 heroics.

Cash Rewards:

MUBS pocketed U.shs 2M, Stormers (U.shs 1.5M) and Nkumba Select U.shs 1M.

The respective excelling individual players also received their cash rewards.

Winners: MUBS

1st Runners Up: Stormers

2nd Runners Up: Nkumba Select

Pepsi MVP: Mathias Kigonya

Pepsi Golden Gloves: Michael Kalule

Pepsi Top Scorer: Mathias Kigonya (36 Goals) – Stormers Beach Soccer Club

Pepsi Best Coach: Charles Ayiehko (MUBS)

Pepsi Fair Play Award: Dalumba Richmond Beach Soccer Club

All Winners:

2015 – MUBS
2014 – Kira Young
2013 – St Lawrence
2012 – MUBS
2011 – Kabalagala Rangers
2010 – Braza Braza
2009 – Tinka

The Uganda Women Football Association (UWFA) held their annual general assembly at the FUFA Technical center in Njeru over the weekend.

At a glamorous event attended by the FUFA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Edgar Watson, Women football delegate and FUFA Executive committee member, Mariam Kalega, UWFA chairperson, Efrance Nanjengo and other FUFA Women football leaders, the assembly progressed with success.

The Chairperson of UWFA, Ms. Nanjengo Efrance called upon unity and focus among football stake holders in order to uplift women football in Uganda at large.

Nanjengo stressed that the women football leaders ought to be role models to display the high standard of behaviour by having discipline, learning each ones personality and character, having love and respect for each other, be good consultants and follow procedures in order to achieve.

CEO Edgar Watson, representing the FUFA President, Eng. Moses Magogo lauded the organizers of the AGM, the delegates and the entire organization of the ongoing FUFA Women Elite league.

He said that the FUFA President is in full support of women football and will continue supporting women football.

FUFA is fully committed to support the women regional leagues,  so representatives should get ready to start in their respective regions.
The Federation CEO assured the delegates.
The CEO appealed to UWFA lobby for resource as FUFA come in handly to support.

Lobby for sponsors as FUFA will also support appropriately. Engage in activities that do not endanger women football,  in order to attract other sponsors to the game.

He encouraged UWFA to share their work plans with the FUFA Technical department.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH: UGANDA Cranes Vs Gambia (Tuesday, 9th June 2015)

AFCON 2017 QUALIFIER (GROUP D): UGANDA Cranes Vs Botswana (Sat, 13th June 2015)

Uganda Cranes team of 26 players enters residential training on Sunday, 7th June 2015.

The team shall train on Sunday starting 5p.m at Namboole stadium and will resume on Monday (Midday).

Gambia, who arrived in Uganda on Sunday morning will then train at 4pm in preparation for the international friendly match on Tuesday, 9th June 2015 at Namboole.

The Uganda Cranes players’ list for Gambia friendly match and Afcon 2017 qualifier against Botswana :

Goalkeepers:

1/ Denis ONYANGO
2/ Robert ODONKARA
3/James ALITHO

Defenders:

4/Isaac ISINDE
5/Denis IGUMA
6/Alex KAKUBA
7/Denis OKOTH
8/Brian OCHWO
9/Richard KASSAGA
10/Shafiq BAKAKI
11/Hassan WASSWA

Midfielders:

12/Derrick TEKKWO
13/ Khalid AUCHO
14/Boban ZIRINTUSA
15/Yasser MUGERWA
16/Keziron KIZITO
17/Farouk MIYA
18/Saidi KYEYUNE
19/Wiliam LUWAGGA KIZITO
20/Godfrey WALUSIMBI
21/Brian MAJWEGA

STRIKERS

22/Geoffrey MASSA
23/Robert SSENTONGO
24/Brian UMONYI
25/Yunus SENTAMU
26/John SEMAZI

Uganda Cup Final: Saturday, 6th June 2015 Result:

SC Villa 1-0 KCC (Game Stopped After Fans Entered the Pitch)

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Executive emergency committee has communicated the replay of the abandoned Uganda Cup match between Sports Club Villa and Kampala City.

The Communication was delivered by the FUFA President, Eng.Moses Magogo at a special press conference held at Quid Pro Scurry Inn in Ntungamo on Saturday evening.

We regret the incident that has happened. The FUFA Executive has the powers to meet in incidences of emergency. The match shall be replayed on Tuesday, 16th June 2015 at Nelson Mandela National  Stadium, Namboole

Eng. Moses Magogo told the media.

 

The communication followed a FUFA Emergency committee meeting after the abandonment of the game involving SC Villa and KCC at Kyamate play ground.

The replay will see the full 90 minutes played .

The FUFA President added.

Sports Club Villa was leading 1-0 (through Erisa Ssekisambu’s goal) by the time the game was abandoned in the 70th minute.

FUFA will also take action on parties that could have contravened the regulations governing football and thee FUFA Competitions.

MAIN PHOTO: FUFA PRESIDENT DELIVERING THE MESSAGE  IN NTUNGAMO

Photo credit: FUFA Communications